A PENSIONER confided to his GP the day before he and his wife were shot dead that his “hero” son wanted to kill them, a court heard yesterday.

Bob Seddon and his wife Patricia were murdered at their home in Clough Avenue

Bob Seddon, 68, suspected an earlier car crash was a bid by son Stephen, 46, to kill him and his wife Patricia, 65.

Stephen Seddon was hailed a hero in news reports for trying to rescue his parents from the BMW’s wreckage after he drove it into a canal.

But Manchester Crown Court heard Mr Seddon planned to confront his son the day before the couple were gunned down at their home in Sale, Greater Manchester in July last year.

Peter Wright QC, prosecuting, said Seddon – called Nic by his parents – plotted murder to secure a £230,000 inheritance. He said: “The day before the murders Mr Seddon had an appointment with his GP. He expressed his concern that his son had tried to kill him and his wife.”

Stephen Seddon denies murdering his parents

The day before the murders Mr Seddon had an appointment with his GP. He expressed his concern that his son had tried to kill him and his wife.

Peter Wright QC

Mr Wright said the killing was made to look like a murder-suicide, with the gun placed on Mr Seddon’s lap with his right hand on the weapon. But forensic and ballistics reports were “entirely inconsistent” and it would have been impossible for Mr Seddon to have shot himself from the position in which he was found.

Seddon was arrested but claimed he was being set up and the police were blinkered, said Mr Wright. Seddon denies two charges of murder and two of attempted murder.